The planets Venus and Jupiter are now getting closer and closer together for an amazing close conjunction on the 10th June 2026 from where I live here in Australia.
No matter where you live on Earth, you must go outside and have a look in the western sky, you will not be disappointed in the view :-D
I’ll be watching the sky and taking images whenever it’s clear enough to show how quickly Venus is moving along the ecliptic toward the largest planet in the solar system…there’s no chance of a collision as both planets are hundreds of thousands of kilometres away from one another.
Mercury will also join the group very low on the western horizon in early June but I’ll have to travel up to Mt Tamborine to capture this elusive planet, as it cannot be seen here where I live because of the mountains and trees.
My images were taken with a Canon 70D camera and Tamron 28-400mm lens on a tripod; both images had an exposure of 6 seconds with ISO320 & ISO400.
No matter where you live on Earth, you must go outside and have a look in the western sky, you will not be disappointed in the view :-D
I’ll be watching the sky and taking images whenever it’s clear enough to show how quickly Venus is moving along the ecliptic toward the largest planet in the solar system…there’s no chance of a collision as both planets are hundreds of thousands of kilometres away from one another.
Mercury will also join the group very low on the western horizon in early June but I’ll have to travel up to Mt Tamborine to capture this elusive planet, as it cannot be seen here where I live because of the mountains and trees.
My images were taken with a Canon 70D camera and Tamron 28-400mm lens on a tripod; both images had an exposure of 6 seconds with ISO320 & ISO400.
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